NCRI – Anti-regime activists who tried to plan a public protest over the water supply in the Yazd province had been arrested, the Yazd governor Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh has told state-run television.
Falahzadeh said on Saturday evening that in recent days activists had been caught sending SMS messages in a bid to organise a demonstration, but these ‘provokers’ had now been arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
He added: “The Monafeqin [a term used by Iranian regime to refer to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran(PMOI/MEK)] planned to cause unrest in Yazd, as they have caused insecurity in the country in the past.”
He also asked the media not to broadcast ‘provocative material’ but instead let the issue be resolved through legal channels.
